Deciphering the fish sign of Indus Script: A new perspective
Keywords:
Indus Script, Decipherment, Fish Sign, Sindhi Language, Proto-Dravidian, Indo-Aryan Substratum, Epigraphy.Abstract
The Indus script remains un-deciphered despite numerous attempts since its discovery, including ongoing research efforts today. While linguistic connections have been explored to decode the writing system of the Indus Valley Civilization, scholars have yet to achieve a definitive breakthrough. Some researchers propose a link to Dravidian languages, while others favor a post-Dravidian context for interpreting the script. This study focuses on deciphering the fish sign within the Indus script. While previous interpretations have primarily relied on Dravidian languages, this research presents an alternative perspective based on the Sindhi language. Although Sindhi is now classified as an Indo-Aryan language, it retains a rich vocabulary and linguistic structures derived from Proto-Dravidian and Dravidian languages, including words with similar phonetic features.
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